Is your vinegar made from petroleum?

YUK! My recent tater salad could have fueled my car! Well not really, but I wonder just how many petroleum based products I'm eating on my salad!

From Reuters: May 18, 2009

Heinz re-affirms its commitment to use only 100 percent all-natural
ingredients in its popular Distilled White and Apple Cider Vinegar, offering
an alternative to petroleum-based vinegars

PITTSBURGH, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Not all vinegars are created equal -- and
not all are created with natural ingredients. In fact, vinegar can be made
from either natural ingredients, such as corn and apples, or artificial
ingredients, such as petroleum. According to a recent survey*, this is proving
important to more than 70 percent of vinegar users looking for all-natural,
high-quality ingredients when making salads or salad dressings. In response,
Heinz is re-affirming its commitment to use only natural, sun-ripened corn and
fresh apples -- never petroleum -- in its popular Heinz Distilled White and
Apple Cider Vinegar.


The majority of vinegar users (89 percent) said they didn't know that their
vinegar could be sourced from petroleum, while 79 percent indicated that if
they discovered their vinegar was sourced from petroleum, they would switch to
an all-natural vinegar. With no current requirements to disclose ingredient
sources on labels, many consumers may not be able to tell how their vinegar is
made. That's why Heinz is taking steps to raise the level of consumer
awareness about all-natural vinegar choices and proudly proclaiming that Heinz
Distilled White and Apple Cider Vinegars are always 100 percent all-natural. 

Read the whole press release

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS132551+18-May-2009+PRN20090518